Development of lumped element kinetic inductance detectors for mm-wave astronomy at the IRAM 30 m telescope - Dissertationsschrift

This thesis studies the development of LEKID arrays for the use in a mm-wave camera for the IRAM 30m telescope. This includes the design and fabrication of the superconducting microresonators, the modeling and optimization of the mm-wave coupling to the detector and the characterization of the arrays at low temperatures. The results obtained brought IRAM to test a prototype instrument at the telescope, where first astronomical results have been achieved, which are also presented in this work.

Product details

• Authors: Markus Rösch
• Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9783731501107
• ISBN: 978-3-7315-0110-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 240 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 535 g
• Illustrations: graph. Darst.
• Series: Karlsruher Schriftenreihe zur Supraleitung; Karlsruher Schriftenreihe zur Supraleitung; Karlsruher Schriftenreihe zur Supraleitung / Hrsg. Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Noe, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. M. Siegel
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)